Language
Portuguese, English
Duration
3 Hours
Difficulty
Beginner
Next Date
04/04/2026

Oil painting has a quality that acrylic simply does not: a richness of texture and depth of colour that makes everything you put on the canvas feel immediate and alive. At our abstract nude painting workshop in Lisbon, we guide you through the oil painting technique using shapes, lines, colours and textures to build your own interpretation of the human form in abstract. It is less about accuracy and more about expression, which makes it one of the most freeing painting experiences you can have as a complete beginner.

We work through the fundamentals of oil painting first, covering how the medium behaves, how to layer colour and how to use texture intentionally rather than accidentally. From there you move into building your abstract nude composition, with our artist guiding you through every decision and helping you develop your own visual language throughout the session. The studio environment is relaxed and unhurried, designed to make experimentation feel natural rather than pressured.

What you’ll learn

🖼️ The fundamentals of oil painting technique and how the medium behaves

🖼️ How to work with shapes, lines and textures to build an abstract composition

🖼️ How to use colour expressively rather than literally

🖼️ How to interpret the human form through abstraction

🖼️ How to trust your own instincts and develop a personal visual language

What’s included

🎨 All oil painting materials and equipment

🎨 Full guidance from our artist throughout the session

🎨 A glass of wine, tea or coffee

🎨 Your finished abstract nude painting to take home

What you leave with

A finished oil painting that you created yourself, expressive, personal and genuinely unlike anything you could have bought.

At Meet Art our studio in Lisbon is built around one idea: that everyone is capable of making something meaningful when given the right guidance and the right environment. We run workshops for all experience levels and our approach is always the same, step by step, relaxed, and focused on what you actually produce by the end of the session.

Our tutor will meet you at the front door of the building at Lote A, ten minutes before the session begins. If you arrive after that, ring the doorbell at number 249.

No prior experience with oil painting or art needed. If you are curious about abstraction and want to explore what you are capable of with a brush in your hand, this is the workshop for you.